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Thursday, May 31, 2018

I bought today’s polish in a shop that was about to
shut down. I think I got it at about 70 % off, which made the price really
good.

The formula is good and covers in two easy coats. The
drying time is average.

I applied a layer of shimmer over the teal. I used
Catrice’s “Ocean Drive” for that purpose. It’s a lovely blue to purple
duochromatic shimmer in a clear base that works perfectly as a topcoat. It’s
from a series of “Shake & Seal”-topcoats. The drying time is on the slow
side.

On top of that I applied silvery nail stickers. I
bought these from Aliexpress and they were cheap as chips.

I topped it all with a layer of ordinary topcoat and
this is how it all turned out:

This is two coats of CND’s “Fern Flannel” topped with
“Ocean Drive” from Catrice. Isn’t that just a lovely shimmer!

And here’s “Fern Flannel” on its own; two coats and no
sorts of topcoat just yet.

Wednesday, May 30, 2018

“Keep an Ocean Mind” is from the Holo Hookup box from
April 2017. I bought this pretty polish in a blog sale, so I only own this
polish from that box. The others are pretty too though.

The formula seems a bit sheer but it builds up in two easy and relatively fast
drying coats.

I applied some iridescent nail decorations by the base
of each nail. I bought the decorations from Aliexpress and they are a tad
thicker than I expected them to be. It does create a pretty cool effect though.

Here’s my final manicure including two layers of
topcoat (one to stick the decorations into and one to seal it all up). The
photo is taken with flash.

“Keep an Ocean Mind” is full of rainbows no matter the
lighting. Here’s a daylight picture on an overcast day.

This is “Keep an Ocean Mind” alone; two coats and no
topcoat yet. I took the photo with flash.

Tuesday, May 29, 2018

I was in the mood for something bright so I went for
“Kook A Mango” from Sally Hansen’s line of “Complete Salon Manicure”.

The formula is good. I applied two layers and the
drying time was good. I was on the phone with a friend and wasn’t really able
to go out and take my pictures before I continued to the next step. So while I
talked, I applied a third layer of polish, just to be a little bit productive
while talking :D The third coat wasn’t strictly necessary – two coats should do
the trick.

I applied a layer of China Glaze’s “Fairy Dust”. My
bottle is old and the polish takes a really long time to dry. It’s a really
pretty topper though. I’ll try and use it up but will probably not buy a new
bottle of it.

The stamp is from the stamping plate “XY-P16” and I
stamped with a regular polish from Max Factor called “Burgundy Crush”.